Since everyone has their own opinions on this, isn't it best to just match platform standards? On Linux, that seems to be triple-click.
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 2:57 PM, James Hawkins<jhawk...@chromium.org> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Peter Kasting<pkast...@chromium.org> wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 2:02 PM, JT Olds <jto...@xnet5.com> wrote: >>> >>> None of the below Linux browsers select the entire URL on the first click: >>> Firefox >>> Epiphany >>> Seamonkey >>> Galeon >>> Midori >>> Konqueror >>> Dillo >>> >>> In fact, I can't find a single browser that does what you claim on Linux. >> >> I am on record >> ( http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-reviews/browse_thread/thread/878579dd61c53a00/213560d76d537337 ) >> as saying "It would be better to just not select the text at all (a la >> Firefox) than to appear to select the text but not update the X primary >> selection. If the current behavior becomes intolerable, that is the route >> I'd go." >> "Intolerable" is more than just "not how the native controls normally work" >> -- it's "dramatically interferes with user behavior". That may well be true >> on Linux. In that thread, though, we discussed a lot of other alternate >> methods of pasting in a URL, such as paste-and-go, middle-clicking blank >> sections of the tabstrip, etc. I'd want some Linux UI folks to be able to >> say concretely, "we've lived with this for several weeks, and it's clearly >> not enough; we need to change." >> PK >> > > Will you accept opinions of the opposite? I love our current behavior > and can't stand having to triple-click in Firefox. > > Consider the following cases. > > a) The user is trying to completely change the contents of the omnibox. > - Current behavior: 1 click > - Suggested behavior: 3 clicks > > b) The user is trying to modify the contents of the omnibox. > - Current behavior: 2 clicks > - Suggested behavior: 1 click > > I have no facts to back up this claim, but I'd say that 70% of > operations are of the former (a), with the caveat that this is a > conservative estimate based on my personal experience. > > 100 operations - > Current behavior: 70*1 + 30*2 = 130 clicks > Suggested behavior: 70*3 + 30*1 = 240 clicks > > This analysis only pertains to number of clicks and ignores the issue > of nuking the PRIMARY selection, which I've personally never had a > problem with. > > Linux UI devel, > James Hawkins > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: chromium-dev@googlegroups.com View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
